There is something of a break in my birth name and the name I chose: Mercedez Clewis is a name attached to trauma, to a lot of grief and pain and PTSD that I’m still untangling. That’s the meat of the story, which has precious little to do with the marriage side of things, really, although once the jokes are out of the way, there’s some warmth to be found in the story of these two friends in a marriage of convenience learning to come together and be a little closer, even if not do much in the romantic sense.

I decided to become me without a barrier between who I thought I could be and who I had already come to be. Mercedez Clewis” as a concept, untethered to me as a human being, was someone who strove to please everyone. The Beard: Gakurouta and Yuriko are mutual beards to one another, as Gakurouta isn't attracted to women while Yuriko isn't attracted to anyone.There are also hints about Gakurouta’s grandmother toward the end of the volume so that will be interesting if they come to fruition.

Ho voluto dare a questa storia un’occasione perché era stata promossa per il mese del pride e…ci sono proprio rimasta male per le opportunità sprecate? The little image she used to explain how she felt about fictional romance and romance involving her, I related to that deeply.It’s a reminder that the walls that contain us, that society encourages and often imposes, can be reclaimed: we can make our own tidy—or messy—barriers, can protect ourselves and remain authentic. Constant questions about when she was going to start dating and feelings of being broken because she didn’t feel the burning need to date anyone reminded me of how I felt in high school. I Want To Be a Wall isn’t a story where you have to tilt your head and wonder if someone is ace; it’s stated plainly in the synopsis and in the story—not just in the text, but from the character herself.

I wasn’t expecting to get all of that in the first volume of I Want To Be a Wall, but now it’s got me looking at my life and going, “Huh.There are several ways to read this first volume and the least complicated one is to take the situation at face value and applaud mangaka Honami Shirono for portraying an ace/asexual female character. Manga creator had been reported missing on Sunday ― Warning: this article contains statements about a possible suicide.